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Stubbs the Zombie in Rebel Without a Pulse cover art

Stubbs the Zombie in Rebel Without a Pulse

Aspyr · 2021-03-16

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Action

Modes: Single player, Multiplayer, Co-operative · Perspectives: Third person

Releases: Mar 16, 2021 (Xbox One), Nov 21, 2005 (PC (Microsoft Windows)), Oct 18, 2005 (Xbox), Mar 16, 2021 (PlayStation 4), Mar 16, 2021 (Nintendo Switch), Nov 17, 2005 (Mac)

Be the Zombie. Kick A** and Take Brains.

Stubbs the Zombie in Rebel Without a Pulse is an Action game released in 2021, priced at $19.99, with an estimated 200,000 .. 500,000 owners and a Very Positive review sentiment (87% of 2616 reviews).

6
playing now
87%
positive of 2.6k reviews
Very Positive
steam's rating (official)
200,000–500,000
owners (SteamSpy est.)
63/100
critic score (4 outlets, IGDB)
74/100
IGDB user rating (56 ratings)
2
Nexus mods (15 downloads)
4.56★
PlayStation Store rating (955 ratings)
7h
to beat · rushed 6h · completionist 8h
gold
deck/linux tier (ProtonDB)
Playable
Steam Deck (Valve)
SteamOS: Playable
$19.99
steam price (US)

6 players in-game as of 2026-10-14 13:00 UTC (census sample)

Stubbs the Zombie in Rebel Without a Pulse is a reverse horror action-adventure video game developed by Wideload Games and published by Aspyr Media. It was released on October 18, 2005 for the Xbox and in November for Microsoft Windows and Mac OS X. It was released on February 10, 2006 in Europe with distribution handled by THQ. The game became available on Microsoft's Xbox Live Marketplace as an Xbox Originals in May 2008 but was removed in late 2012 due to technical issues.

Health check

Quietly active
  • · 6 players in-game at the last census sample.
  • · 143 reviews in the last 8 weeks (~18/week).
  • · Review velocity up 2% vs the prior 8 weeks.
  • · Current weekly pace is under 5% of the all-time peak week (412 reviews).
  • · Top 10% of 27,649 Action games in the census by review count.

Health tier since 2026-08-30

Estimated sales: 53k–119k copies

Review-multiple estimate from 2,645 total reviews — how this is computed.

Current store prices

GOG$2.99-85%
Steam$2.99-85%
GOG$2.99-85%
Microsoft Store$19.99

Deal snapshots via CheapShark, refreshed daily.

All-time low: $0.99 at Steam (2024-12-13) · bundled 2×via IsThereAnyDeal

12-month high $19.99 · on sale 147 of 197 observed days · $2.00 above the all-time low (census price snapshots)

Review momentum

PositiveNegative
39339320102026Week of 2010-10-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2010-11-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2010-12-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2011-01-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2011-02-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2011-07-01: 16 positiveWeek of 2019-11-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2020-07-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2020-09-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2021-02-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2021-03-01: 393 positiveWeek of 2021-03-01: 19 negativeWeek of 2021-04-01: 78 positiveWeek of 2021-04-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2021-05-01: 120 positiveWeek of 2021-05-01: 19 negativeWeek of 2021-06-01: 27 positiveWeek of 2021-06-01: 10 negativeWeek of 2021-07-01: 44 positiveWeek of 2021-07-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2021-08-01: 16 positiveWeek of 2021-08-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2021-09-01: 17 positiveWeek of 2021-09-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2021-10-01: 20 positiveWeek of 2021-10-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2021-11-01: 18 positiveWeek of 2021-12-01: 13 positiveWeek of 2021-12-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2022-01-01: 23 positiveWeek of 2022-01-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2022-02-01: 16 positiveWeek of 2022-02-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2022-03-01: 20 positiveWeek of 2022-03-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2022-04-01: 10 positiveWeek of 2022-04-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2022-05-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2022-06-01: 10 positiveWeek of 2022-06-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2022-07-01: 12 positiveWeek of 2022-08-01: 10 positiveWeek of 2022-08-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2022-09-01: 47 positiveWeek of 2022-09-01: 10 negativeWeek of 2022-10-01: 21 positiveWeek of 2022-10-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2022-11-01: 31 positiveWeek of 2022-11-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2022-12-01: 14 positiveWeek of 2022-12-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2023-01-01: 12 positiveWeek of 2023-01-01: 7 negativeWeek of 2023-02-01: 9 positiveWeek of 2023-02-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2023-03-01: 21 positiveWeek of 2023-03-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-04-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2023-04-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-05-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2023-05-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-06-01: 11 positiveWeek of 2023-07-01: 10 positiveWeek of 2023-07-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-08-01: 10 positiveWeek of 2023-08-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-09-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2023-09-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-10-01: 20 positiveWeek of 2023-10-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2023-11-01: 10 positiveWeek of 2023-12-01: 14 positiveWeek of 2023-12-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-01-01: 9 positiveWeek of 2024-01-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2024-02-01: 12 positiveWeek of 2024-03-01: 18 positiveWeek of 2024-03-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2024-04-01: 12 positiveWeek of 2024-05-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2024-05-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-06-01: 13 positiveWeek of 2024-07-01: 46 positiveWeek of 2024-07-01: 12 negativeWeek of 2024-08-01: 18 positiveWeek of 2024-08-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-09-01: 18 positiveWeek of 2024-09-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2024-10-01: 8 positiveWeek of 2024-10-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2024-11-01: 14 positiveWeek of 2024-11-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2024-12-01: 50 positiveWeek of 2024-12-01: 8 negativeWeek of 2025-01-01: 16 positiveWeek of 2025-01-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2025-02-01: 15 positiveWeek of 2025-02-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2025-03-01: 18 positiveWeek of 2025-03-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2025-04-01: 11 positiveWeek of 2025-05-01: 9 positiveWeek of 2025-06-01: 18 positiveWeek of 2025-06-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2025-07-01: 17 positiveWeek of 2025-07-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-08-01: 14 positiveWeek of 2025-08-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2025-09-01: 12 positiveWeek of 2025-09-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2025-10-01: 18 positiveWeek of 2025-10-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2025-11-01: 24 positiveWeek of 2025-11-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2025-12-01: 15 positiveWeek of 2025-12-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2026-01-01: 15 positiveWeek of 2026-01-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-02-01: 10 positiveWeek of 2026-03-01: 15 positiveWeek of 2026-03-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2026-04-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2026-04-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-05-01: 8 positiveWeek of 2026-06-01: 27 positiveWeek of 2026-06-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2026-07-01: 31 positiveWeek of 2026-07-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2026-08-01: 15 positiveWeek of 2026-08-01: 3 negative
Weekly review counts (Steam review histogram). Positive above the line, negative below.

Players online

2112026-09-14 22:00 — 6 players2026-09-16 06:00 — 1 players2026-09-17 14:00 — 2 players2026-09-18 21:00 — 7 players2026-09-20 05:00 — 5 players2026-09-21 13:00 — 5 players2026-09-22 20:00 — 7 players2026-09-24 04:00 — 2 players2026-09-25 11:00 — 1 players2026-09-26 19:00 — 9 players2026-09-28 02:00 — 5 players2026-09-29 10:00 — 4 players2026-09-30 17:00 — 3 players2026-10-02 01:00 — 8 players2026-10-03 08:00 — 11 players2026-10-04 16:00 — 21 players2026-10-06 00:00 — 11 players2026-10-07 07:00 — 11 players2026-10-08 15:00 — 17 players2026-10-09 22:00 — 5 players2026-10-11 06:00 — 11 players2026-10-12 14:00 — 7 players2026-10-13 21:00 — 10 players2026-10-14 13:00 — 6 players
Concurrent players, hourly average, last 30 days (census samples).
940Jul 2012Aug 2026Jul 2012 — avg 1 · peak 4Dec 2012 — avg 0 · peak 3May 2013 — avg 0 · peak 3Oct 2013 — avg 0 · peak 3Mar 2014 — avg 0 · peak 3Aug 2014 — avg 0 · peak 2Jan 2015 — avg 0 · peak 1Jun 2015 — avg 0 · peak 2Nov 2015 — avg 0 · peak 2Apr 2016 — avg 0 · peak 2Sep 2016 — avg 0 · peak 1Feb 2017 — avg 0 · peak 2Jul 2017 — avg 0 · peak 2Dec 2017 — avg 0 · peak 2May 2018 — avg 0 · peak 1Nov 2018 — avg 0 · peak 1Apr 2019 — avg 0 · peak 1Sep 2019 — avg 0 · peak 1Apr 2020 — avg 1 · peak 3May 2021 — avg 31 · peak 180Oct 2021 — avg 13 · peak 30Mar 2022 — avg 9 · peak 26Aug 2022 — avg 7 · peak 16Jan 2023 — avg 8 · peak 20Jun 2023 — avg 5 · peak 13Nov 2023 — avg 6 · peak 16Apr 2024 — avg 6 · peak 25Sep 2024 — avg 8 · peak 27Feb 2025 — avg 7 · peak 22Jul 2025 — avg 9 · peak 28Dec 2025 — avg 9 · peak 23May 2026 — avg 5 · peak 13Aug 2026 — avg 6 · peak 18
Monthly average players (source: steamcharts.com) — history via steamcharts.com; live census sampling since Aug 2026.

Price history

$19.99$1.002021-02-222026-10-142021-02-22 — best price $19.992021-05-28 — best price $19.992021-08-09 — best price $19.992021-11-15 — best price $19.992022-01-14 — best price $9.802022-03-21 — best price $16.992022-05-13 — best price $11.692022-07-11 — best price $19.992022-09-12 — best price $6.792022-11-04 — best price $14.822022-12-22 — best price $6.792023-03-03 — best price $5.772023-04-27 — best price $19.992023-07-03 — best price $5.942023-09-11 — best price $19.992023-11-06 — best price $19.992024-01-10 — best price $19.992024-04-14 — best price $16.992024-06-19 — best price $3.992024-08-12 — best price $3.402024-09-27 — best price $3.872024-11-14 — best price $19.992025-01-03 — best price $3.902025-03-06 — best price $3.682025-05-04 — best price $3.682025-07-07 — best price $4.602025-09-03 — best price $3.992025-11-05 — best price $19.992026-01-10 — best price $19.992026-03-27 — best price $3.992026-05-21 — best price $3.902026-06-30 — best price $3.992026-08-11 — best price $2.002026-09-05 — best price $2.992026-09-30 — best price $2.992026-10-14 — best price $2.99
Lowest recorded price across tracked stores, per day (census snapshots).

Attention

322512026-05-31 — 69 pageviews2026-06-04 — 59 pageviews2026-06-08 — 103 pageviews2026-06-12 — 77 pageviews2026-06-16 — 111 pageviews2026-06-20 — 94 pageviews2026-06-24 — 93 pageviews2026-06-28 — 119 pageviews2026-07-02 — 94 pageviews2026-07-06 — 100 pageviews2026-07-10 — 89 pageviews2026-07-14 — 94 pageviews2026-07-18 — 83 pageviews2026-07-22 — 113 pageviews2026-07-26 — 112 pageviews2026-07-30 — 97 pageviews2026-08-03 — 90 pageviews2026-08-07 — 91 pageviews2026-08-11 — 111 pageviews2026-08-15 — 83 pageviews2026-08-19 — 109 pageviews2026-08-23 — 96 pageviews2026-08-27 — 66 pageviews2026-08-31 — 74 pageviews2026-09-04 — 62 pageviews2026-09-08 — 83 pageviews2026-09-12 — 74 pageviews2026-09-16 — 76 pageviews2026-09-20 — 150 pageviews2026-09-24 — 73 pageviews2026-09-28 — 75 pageviews2026-10-02 — 101 pageviews2026-10-06 — 132 pageviews2026-10-09 — 99 pageviews
Daily Wikipedia pageviews (attention proxy, census-recorded).

Completion

35
achievements tracked
73.7%
earned "1 easy payment of…"
24.7%
median achievement earned by

Global achievement rates from Steam.

Details

WindowsSingle-playerMulti-playerCo-opShared/Split Screen Co-opShared/Split ScreenSteam AchievementsSteam Trading CardsPartial Controller SupportSteam CloudRemote Play Together2 DLC

6 supported languages: English, French, German, Spanish - Spain, Russian, Simplified Chinese

Post-launch support: 2 DLC released, first 2021-03-16 (Steam store data)

Console footprint

PlatformPlayers trackedCompletionTrophies/achievements
Steam (Steam)5,0624%35
Xbox One (Xbox)2,3632%35
Switch (Nintendo)370%0
Switch (Nintendo)10%0

Players tracked by Exophase (achievement/trophy trackers) — a sample of the player base, not total sales.

Where its players are

Share of Steam reviews by language (top languages measured) — a proxy for where the player base lives.

Player tags

3DGoreFunnyActionArcadeViolentZombiesCartoonyAdventureDark Comedy

Census log

Computed from census-recorded observations only — dates are observation dates.

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Similarity via IGDB.

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